2021 Summer Scholars

In summer 2021, 43 Scholars in a wide range of H&S majors pursued research and creative projects with guidance from dedicated faulty mentors.

Summer Scholars complete online ePortfolios to document and reflect on the work they completed during the summer program. To see these portfolios, click on the links below. This list, organized alphabetically, is also available in this document.

Scholars with Independent Projects

Hailee Agosti ’22
English with Teaching Option
Mentor: Dan Breen
Images of Fire and Water in the American Novel

Amulya Ravitej Bachala ’23
English
Mentor: Chris Holmes
Magical Realism in World Literature: Solitude and Time

Julia Bertussi ’22
Art Education
Mentor: Dara Engler
Completeness in Art

Kaitlyn Dennehy ’22
Writing
Mentor: Joan Marcus
Someday My Princess Will Come: Locating the Queer Masc Woman's Place in YA Fantasy

Sinclair DuMont ’23
Acting major with a minor in writing
Mentor: Mat Fournier
Creator, Destroyer: A Nonfiction Creation Myth on Plague in West Hollywood

Matthew Gardener ’23
Writing
Mentor: Katie Marks
Hope in a Dark Space

Zoe Hadley ’22
Sociology
FGWB: Friend Groups with Benefits

Michaela Jonas- Francis ’22
Sociology major with a minor in Writing
Mentor: Katie Marks
Duel With the Darkness

Gabriel Levin ’22
Philosophy and Religion major with a minor in Politics
Mentor: Naeem Inayatullah
Reconciling Materialism and Idealism Through Buddhism

Julia Machlin ’21
English
Mentor: Jennifer Spitzer
Exploring The New Woman and the Forgotten Figures in her Shadow

Harleigh Myerovich ’22
Writing
Mentor: Jaime Warburton
Why Poetry? Poetry as Psychological Inquiry

Julien Sobel ’21
Politics
Mentor: Evgenia Illieva
Competing Views of Progress

Connor Watson ’23
Theatre Arts Management with a minor in Politics
Mentor: Chip Gagnon
The Effects of the Reagan Administration's Complacency Toward the AIDS Epidemic on National & International Attitudes Toward Gay Men in the 20th Century

Scholars with STEM Projects

Lindsey Albertelli ’21
Biochemistry
Mentor: Scott Ulrich

Sasha Audier-Johnson ’21
Biology
Mentor: Nandadevi Cortes

Alex Babcock ’21
Chemistry
Mentor: Becky Craig

Emmett Barry ’23
Computer Science
Mentor: Doug Turnbull

Kayla Barry ’23
Biology
Mentor: Dave Gondek

Brooke Bernhardt ’22
Biology
Mentor: Te-Wen Lo

Emma Bieck ’22
Computer Science
Mentor: Toby Dragon

Sean Blackford ’22
Computer Science
Mentor: Doug Turnbull

Jacob Cooney ’22
Physics (3-2)
Mentor: Eric Leibensberger

Lannis Dodge ’21
Environmental Science
Mentor: Christopher Sinton

Anthony DuCasse ’21
Biochemistry
Mentor: Dave Gondek

Amber Elliott ’21
Computer Science
Mentor: John Barr
CAPE: Computer Applications for Physics Education

Jake Espenscheid ’22
Environmental Science
Mentor: Susan Allen

Gwendolyn Gallagher ’22
Environmental Science
Mentor: Christopher Sinton

Joshua Graining ’21
Biology
Mentor: Ed Cluett

Muhtasim Hossain ’22
Physics
Mentor: Eric Leibensberger

Sainabou Jallow ’22
Biology
Mentor: Scott Ulrich

Ethan Jones ’21
Biology
Mentor: Nandadevi Cortes

Vivek Kumar ’23
Computer Science
Mentor: Toby Dragon

Emily Leach ’24
Chemistry major with a minor in Physics
Mentor: Jerome Fung

Oscar Lopez ’22
Physics
Mentor: Jerome Fung

Jacob Lord ’21
Physics
Mentor: Ed Cluett

Ted Mburu ’23
Physics (3-2)
Mentor: Colleen Countryman

Andrew McGee ’23
Physics
Mentor: Luke Keller

Ian O’Neill ’21
Biology
Mentor: Dave Gondek

Paige Ramkissoon ’22
Biochemistry
Mentor: Dave Gondek

Nat Risheg ’21
Chemistry
Mentor: Becky Craig

Elizabeth Ryan ’22
Biochemistry
Mentor: Scott Ulrich

Joshua Schmidt ’21
Physics
Mentor: Matthew C. Sullivan

Antara Sen ’23
Physics
Mentor: Beth Ellen Clark

Theo Summerville ’21
Environmental Science
Mentor: Christopher Sinton

Greta Unetich ’23
Biology
Mentor: Nandadevi Cortes

Jamie Woodworth ’22
Physics
Mentor: Matthew C. Sullivan